What designate a Hot photo?

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In order to be hot a photo must be in a theme, as hotness shows the most popular photos within a given theme. It is not selected by staff members, but is automatically awarded based on community reaction to a photo.

Hotness is determined by factors like number of votes, comments, views, and favorites. The "hotness" of a photo is automatically updated by our server every day for open themes. A photo's hotness is not permanent, but can change based on how the community is responding to other photos in the theme over time. If a photo is not hot now, it could be hot later based on the community reaction.

If a photo used to be hot, you'll see a gray star under the title. If you click on the star, you can find information about when the photo was last hot.